Sam Marsden reports: The Sun’s chief foreign correspondent Nick Parker was arrested today by Scotland Yard detectives investigating the alleged harvesting of data from stolen mobile phones, sources said. Mr Parker, 51, was held on suspicion of handling stolen goods after he attended a central London police station by appointment at about 10am. He is…
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Hackers publish AAPT data in protest over web spy plan
Ben Grubb reports that hackers made good on their promise and dumped some of the data stolen in the AAPT hack. AAPT’s server was hosted and operated by Melbourne IT. The hack was intended to protest a proposed data retention plan in Australia: “We as people have the right to protest in any way shape…
8.7 million KT mobile customers’ data hacked in S. Korea
Bae Ji-sook reports: Police on Sunday arrested two hackers for stealing and selling on the personal information of 8.7 million KT users. Investigators said they would also investigate KT on suspicion of negligent management of firewalls and personal data as the number of victims accounts for nearly half of its subscribers. According to the National…
Melbourne IT takes heat for Cold Fusion breach
James Hutchinson reports: Melbourne IT has admitted to hosting and operating both the Queensland Government and AAPT servers that suffered breaches this week at the hands of hackers purporting to be from a Anonymous splinter group. The group Ops Australia took credit for defacing nine Queensland Government websites related to tourism, science and economic development and stealing…
UK: Man claims hard drive bought at car boot sale contained personal data from West Cheshire College
Carmella de Lucia reports: A computer hard drive allegedly loaded with more than 50,000 personal details of students and tutors from West Cheshire College was sold at a hospital car boot sale. The discovery was made by a shocked Pioneer reader who bought the second-hand computer tower and hard drive for £5 from a sale…
Hackers steal AAPT customer data to protest web spying proposal
Ben Grubb reports: Hackers have stolen customer data from Australian ISP AAPT to highlight the dangers of a proposal to force telcos to store every Australian’s web history for up to two years. AAPT CEO David Yuile confirmed the security incident which occurred at 9.30pm last night in a statement to Fairfax Media this afternoon, saying he was “extremely concerned”….